diff --git a/hmp-commands.hx b/hmp-commands.hx
index 28256209b5..60f395c276 100644
--- a/hmp-commands.hx
+++ b/hmp-commands.hx
@@ -1806,9 +1806,10 @@ ERST
 
     {
         .name       = "qom-set",
-        .args_type  = "path:s,property:s,value:S",
-        .params     = "path property value",
-        .help       = "set QOM property",
+        .args_type  = "json:-j,path:s,property:s,value:S",
+        .params     = "[-j] path property value",
+        .help       = "set QOM property.\n\t\t\t"
+                      "-j: the value is specified in json format.",
         .cmd        = hmp_qom_set,
         .flags      = "p",
     },
diff --git a/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c b/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
index 158e2d7409..b0abe84cb1 100644
--- a/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
+++ b/qom/qom-hmp-cmds.c
@@ -44,15 +44,27 @@ void hmp_qom_list(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 
 void hmp_qom_set(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict)
 {
+    const bool json = qdict_get_try_bool(qdict, "json", false);
     const char *path = qdict_get_str(qdict, "path");
     const char *property = qdict_get_str(qdict, "property");
     const char *value = qdict_get_str(qdict, "value");
     Error *err = NULL;
-    QObject *obj;
 
-    obj = qobject_from_json(value, &err);
-    if (err == NULL) {
-        qmp_qom_set(path, property, obj, &err);
+    if (!json) {
+        Object *obj = object_resolve_path(path, NULL);
+
+        if (!obj) {
+            error_set(&err, ERROR_CLASS_DEVICE_NOT_FOUND,
+                      "Device '%s' not found", path);
+        } else {
+            object_property_parse(obj, value, property, &err);
+        }
+    } else {
+        QObject *obj = qobject_from_json(value, &err);
+
+        if (!err) {
+            qmp_qom_set(path, property, obj, &err);
+        }
     }
 
     hmp_handle_error(mon, err);